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Chapter 21Chapter 21 Estella obediently reached out her injured hand to him. When he

saw the wound on her hand, he knitted his brows. “What happened? Were

you bullied by the other kids?” Estella stiffened for a second before shaking

her head vigorously. She wasn’t bullied? Lucian was confused. “Then what

happened?”Estella then picked up her pencil and slowly wrote a few letters on

her book-“treeped”. She then cocked her head to the side, a little dubious of

what she had just written. It was too difficult for her to spell it out. Whenever

she could not spell out a word, she would usually try to spell it according to

how it sounded, or she would just skip the word. However, she did not often

write out that word, so she was unsure if she actually spelled it right or not.

“Did you trip?” Lucian asked after looking at the word she wrote.

Estella nodded. Lucian then let out a sigh of relief and gently touched the spot

she hurt herself at. “Did the teacher treat your wound?”

Estella nodded again. Lucian nodded before his eyes drifted toward her fair

little hands again. “This will take days to heal, and you need to treat the

wound. I’ll help you, okay?” Estella did not reject him. Immediately, Lucian

crouched down and lifted her into his arms before going down the stairs. Once

they reached the living room, he placed her on his lap and sat on the couch.

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time, he said to Catalina, “Bring the medical kit over.” Catalina nodded in

response. It did not take her long before she brought the kit over. Lucian then

took out a spray from inside and sprayed it at her bruise. Then, he massaged

the area for a while. It was quite a bad bruise. Even though it had been hours

since the initial impact, it still hurt. Nevertheless, Estella did not kick up a fuss.

She just pursed her lips as her brows furrowed. Lucian turned to study her

expression every once in a while to see if he was hurting her. He lost himself

in his thoughts when he saw her frowning face. Saw She looks a little like that

woman when she’s solemn. Sensing her father’s gaze, Estella looked up at

him, baffled. Instantly, she spotted his injured lips,– and she pointed at them

with a look of confusion. It was easy to understand what she meant. She was

asking him how he had gotten hurt. Lucian held her hand and replied, “It’s

fine. A wild kitty bit me.” A wild kitty? Estella became even more confounded.

She grabbed the pencil and paper on the coffee table and wrote: Where did

the cat come from? Lucian’s eyes darkened a little. “From overseas.” That

was all he was willing to say. He was afraid that he would not be able to

suppress his fury around his daughter. When he noticed the perplexed look on

her face, he reached out to take away the pencil and paper in her hands.

“Let’s not talk about this anymore. It’s almost time. I’ll bring you to bed now.”

Estella was still curious about the matter, but she decided not to prod further

at her father’s words. Obediently, she let her father carry her upstairs. The twochildren were still awake when Roxanne went home. Madilyn was keeping

them company as they watched the television.

The moment she entered, the two children looked away from the screen and

ran over to her. “Mommy!” Roxanne smiled and patted their heads. “Did you

drink?” Archie smelled the alcohol on her and scrunched up his nose. “I’ll

make a hangover remedy for you now. That way, your head won’t hurt when

you wake the next morning.” With that said, he turned and went into the

kitchen. Benny brought her all the way to the couch and made her sit before

he climbed onto his mother’s lap. As he solemnly massaged her temples, he

asked, “I’ll massage your head for you so that you won’t feel that bad.”

Madilyn could not help but feel jealous at how sensible the children were

despite their young age. “Why are my godsons so sweet?” Roxanne smiled

and looked at her. “Do you like them? Have one yourself.” Hearing that.

Madilyn quickly shook her head. “Forget it then. The one I give birth to might

not be as sensible as Archie and Benny. I just want to steal the ones from

you.” As Benny continued to massage his mother’s temples, he consoled his

godmother, “Aunt Madilyn, there’s no need to steal us. If you’re drunk, Archie

and I will surely take care of you in this way too!” Hearing that, Madilyn

wanted to carry the boy up and kiss him. However, the two boys were busy,

and she could only squeeze out, “You boys are the best! I love you two to

death!” Roxanne shuddered from the cheesiness. She then took the hangover

remedy that Archie gave her and slowly sipped on it. By the time she was

done with the concoction, it was already late at night. “All right, I’m fine now.

Hurry upstairs to rest.” Roxanne kissed the foreheads of her two sons. The

two boys nodded and bid Madilyn good night before they went up the stairs.